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D/S Stadion II To Stadion II on the "Ships starting with S" page. Manager: J. B. Stang, Oslo Built in Oslo in 1914. Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Stadion II, with a cargo of pulp for Preston, is listed as sailing in Convoy HN 16 from Norway to the U.K. in March.-1940. In Apr.-1940 she was in Convoy HN 24, which arrived Methil from Norway on Apr. 7-1940; in other words, she got out of Norway just before the German invasion (Apr. 9). Several Norwegian ships took part in both these convoys. Apart from a couple of voyages to France, she was subsequenetly mostly in service around the U.K. She took part in the Normandy operations, arriving June 7, leaving again on June 12-1944. The external website below has information on some the convoys she was in during this time period. From Page 22 of the archive documents, we learn that she went home to Norway in Sept.-1945, making another voyage home in Apr.-1946. Related external link: Back to Stadion II on the "Ships starting with S" page. The company had previously had another ship by the name Stadion, delivered in Aug.-1909, 519 gt. Purchased by D/S A/S Nordborg (A. Salomonsen) Kopervik in Febr.1922 and renamed Nordborg. Sold in 1923 to A/S Havlide (H. H. Holta), Skien and renamed Haarfagre. Aground on Dec. 11-1928, 0,5 n. miles south of Craster, Northumberland when on a voyage Skien-Middlesbrough with cargo of pitprops. Condemned in 1929.
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